DRAWN & QUARTERLY SPRING 2016 CHESTER BROWN MARY WEPT OVER THE FEET OF JESUS CHESTER BROWN MARY WEPT OVER THE FEET OF JESUS THE IDIOSYNCRATIC MASTER CHESTER BROWN CONTINUES HIS THOUGHTS ON SEX WORK The iconoclastic and bestselling cartoonist of Paying for It: A Comic- Strip Memoir About Being a John returns with a polemical interpreta- tion of the Bible that will be one of the most controversial and talked- about graphic novels of 2016. Mary Wept over the Feet of Jesus is the retelling in comics form of nine biblical stories that present Chester Brown’s fascinating and startling thesis about biblical representations of prostitution. Brown weaves a connecting line between Bathsheba, Ruth, Rahab, Tamar, Mary of Bethany, and the Virgin Mother and reassesses the Christian moral code by examining the cultural impli- cations of the Bible’s representations of sex work. Mary Wept over the Feet of Jesus is a fitting follow-up to Brown’s sui generis graphic memoir Paying for It, which was reviewed twice in the New York Times and hailed by sex workers for Brown’s advocacy for the decriminalization and normalization of prostitution. Brown approaches the Bible as he did the life of Louis Riel, making these stories compellingly readable and utterly pertinent to a modern audience. In classic Chester Brown fashion, he provides extensive handwritten endnotes that delve into the biblical lore that informs Mary Wept Over the Feet of Jesus. praise for chester brown “I regard Paying For It, as simply, or not so simply, the most recent in a series of totally characteristic and totally unpredictable masterpieces by one of our greatest cartoonists ever…” —Jonathan Lethem “Paying for It [is a] recounting of the author’s many erotic sessions with sex workers; it’s a bitter critique of the inanities of romantic love; and it’s a sustained argument in favor of decriminalizing prostitution.”—New York Times “There aren't many cartoonists as brave—or frankly, as strange—as this Canadian artist."—Rolling Stone Chester Brown was born in Montreal in 1960 and is best known for his two recent non-fiction graphic novels: the meticulously researched and Harvey Award-winning Louis Riel, and the controversial, critically acclaimed Paying For It. Brown began self-publishing his comic book series Yummy Fur at twenty-three, and has been publishing with D+Q since 1991. He is also the author ofThe Playboy, I Never Liked You, The Little Man, and Ed The Happy Clown. Brown lives in Toronto, where he ran for Parliament twice as a member of the Libertarian Party of Canada. april 2016 • $21.95 Us • b+w • 4.25" X 7.5" • 280 pages COMiCs & grapHiC NOVels/liTerarY • isbN 978-1-77046-234-2 • HardCOVer LISA HANAWALT HOT DOG TASTE TEST LISA HANAWALT HOT DOG TASTE TEST A NEW BOOK FROM THE SERIES DESIGNER OF NETFLIX'S HIT SERIES, BOJACK HORSEMAN Lisa Hanawalt’s debut graphic novel, My Dirty Dumb Eyes, achieved instant and widespread acclaim, from the New York Times to comedian Patton Oswalt. Her designs define the look of the wildly popular Netflix cartoonBojack Horseman, featuring Will Arnett and Amy Sedaris. Her culinary-focused comics and illustrated essays in Lucky Peach magazine won her a James Beard Award. Now, Hot Dog Taste Test collects Hanawalt’s devastatingly funny comics, single-page gag jokes, gorgeous paintings, and screwball lists. Hanawalt tucks in to the pomposities of the foodie sub-culture, imagining bananas as high-end accessories; offering wine-buy- ing instructions based on which varietal is sure to make you cry, itch, or crave red meat; and crafting an eerie comic about being a horse lover yet an avid carnivore (could the designer of the hit animated series Bojack Horseman really leave horses out of it?). Hot Dog Taste Test explodes with color, hilarity, charm, and, the occasional reproductive organ. Lush full-spread watercolor paintings of birds getting their silly feet all over a kitchen, a fully imagined hot- dog show (think Best in Show, but with hot dogs), and a holiday feast gone awry are the creamy icing on this imaginative, rainbow colored cake. But Hanawalt’s wit extends far beyond gags—her social commentary and musings on popular culture are as keen and funny as her watercolors are exquisite. praise for lisa hanawalt “My Dirty Dumb Eyes [is] a wildly entertaining portfolio from an artist with a masterly painting and drawing hand.”—New York Times “With its leitmotif blend of whimsy, wistfulness, and a touch of scatology, [My Dirty Dumb Eyes] is funny and life-of-the-party loud.”—Paris Review Lisa Hanawalt is a cartoonist and illustrator who grew up in Palo Alto, California. Hanawalt self- published Stay Away From Other People in 2008, establishing her comic-making style of funny illustrated lists and anthropomorphized animals. Her first collection with D+Q, My Dirty Dumb Eyes, was published in 2013 and met with widespread critical acclaim. Hanawalt draws illustrations and funnies for places like the New York Times, Hazlitt, McSweeneys, Chronicle Books,Vanity Fair, and she writes and draws a quarterly food column for Lucky Peach magazine, for which she won a James Beard Award in 2014. She currently lives in Los Angeles, CA, and is the character designer for and co-producer of the Netflix original series, Bojack Horseman. jUNe 2016 • $24.95 Us • COlOr • 7" X 9" • 160 pages COMiCs & grapHiC NOVels/liTerarY • isbN 978-1-77046-237-3 • HardCOVer JULIE DOUCET CARPET SWEEPER TALES JULIE DOUCET CARPET SWEEPER TALES THE ICONIC AUTHOR OF MY NEW YORK DIARY RETURNS WITH A COLLECTION OF DREAMY, COLLAGED PHOTO COMICS JULIE DOUCET CARPET SWEEPER TALES THE ICONIC AUTHOR OF MY NEW YORK DIARY RETURNS WITH A COLLECTION OF DREAMY, COLLAGED PHOTO COMICS Julie Doucet is an artist who has mastered many voices and styles, from her landmark and medium-defining early work in comics with her comic-book series Dirty Plotte and the classic graphic novel My New York Diary, to her linocut and collage work in Lady Pep and Long Time Relationship. Most recently, Doucet has focused primarily on col- lage, crafting impeccable zines, prints, and other ephemera. In Carpet Sweeper Tales, her first new book in a decade, we see this multi-faceted artist combine her many talents into one genre-defying masterwork. Though Doucet stopped drawing comics over ten years ago, here she revisits the art form, pulling images from 1970s Italian fumetti, or photonovels, to create her own collage comics. Doucet collages a unique dialogue of love and travel between characters sitting in classic cars, driving through cities and pristine countryside. This book is the first to combine Doucet’s love of collage with her gift at comics storytelling. The result is a collection of lighthearted stories that play upon the disconnects between 1970s imag- ery and our modern world. Lost in translation, the dialogue is stilted, the characters alien, the mood always playful. Carpet Sweeper Tales is a milestone in a career filled with milestone achieve- ments. PRAISE FOR julie doucet “Few artists or writers deal with the hassles and ironies of being female in such novel and bittersweet ways. "—Village Voice “The genius of Doucet’s comics world lies in how textured autobiographical realism is entwined with giddy fantasy. Both visualize an unruly psychic landscape that, for most, only exists inside.”—Artforum Julie Doucet was born near Montreal in 1965 and is best known for her frank, funny, and sometimes shocking comic-book series Dirty Plotte, which changed the landscape of alternative cartooning. In the 1990s, Doucet moved between New York, Seattle, Berlin, and Montreal, publishing the graphic novels My New York Diary, Lift Your Leg, My Fish is Dead!, My Most Secret Desire, and The Madame Paul Affair. In 2000, she quit comics to concentrate on other art forms; from these experiments emerged the collection of engravings and prints Long Time Relationship, and her one-year visual journal, 365 Days. Her post-comics artwork includes silkscreened artist's books, text-based collages, and animation films. March 2016 • $19.95 Us • b+w • 6" X 7" • 200 pages COMiCs & grapHiC NOVels/liTerarY • isbN 978-1-77046-239-7 • paperbaCk DANIEL CLOWES WILSON DANIEL CLOWES NOW IN PAPERBACK! WILSON NOW A FEATURE FILM WITH WOODY HARRELSON AND LAURA DERN! a new paperback edition of the modern classic timed to the release of the alexander payne-produced film version, starring woody harrelson and laura dern. Meet Wilson, an opinionated middle-aged loner who loves his dog and quite possibly no one else. In an ongoing quest to find human connection, he badgers friend and stranger alike into a series of one-sided conversations, punctuating his own lofty discursions with a brutally honest, self-negating sense of humor. After his father dies, Wilson, now irrevocably alone, sets out to find his ex-wife with the hope of rekindling their long-dead rela- tionship, and discovers he has a teenage daughter, born after the marriage ended and given up for adoption. Wilson eventually forces all three to reconnect as a family—a doomed mission that will surely, inevitably backfire. One of the leading cartoonists of our time creates a thoroughly engaging, complex, and fascinating portrait of the modern egoist—outspoken and oblivious to the world around him. Working in a single-page gag format and drawing in a spectrum of styles, the cartoonist of Ghost World, Ice Haven, and The Death-Ray gives us his funniest and most deeply affecting novel to date. praise for wilson “Wilson builds from clever character sketch to deadpan comedy to surprisingly forceful melodrama.” —New York Times “A tremendously skillful cartoonist at the top of his game.”—Time “Wilson is a stellar addition to an impressive oeuvre.”—Globe & Mail Daniel Clowes is the acclaimed cartoonist of the seminal comic book series Eightball and the graphic novels Ghost World, David Boring, Ice Haven, Wilson, Mr.